The Abducted Alpha And His Human Mate

4. Meeting The Werewolf II

ALPHA HELLER

The day dawns on me like the reality of my calamity. The chain on my legs clunk together as I try to move my feet. Nights should be for rest but this particular night was undeniably the worst of my life, worse than the night I met my wolf, Cort. He stirred in my head, obviously feeling the restlessness I was feeling.

The cell I was placed in smelled of Wolf'sbane. I could sense it must have been sprinkled, not too concentrated to kill me, but was enough to keep me in check.

I couldn’t really catch the smell of my mate in that asphyxiating odor. Which brings me.to the point. Is he really my mate? “How could you accept him so easily that way, Cort? He’s an enemy!” I say to my wolf. He has always been a wary wolf, rarely went close to other wolves, I couldn’t believe he was warming up to this human all because he was our fated mate.

It has never been heard or seen through centuries and decades even before I came into existence, of a human being a fated mate of a werewolf, never in the history of werewolves. Why is my situation different, where exactly did I go wrong for the goddess to punish me so unjustly?

I was going to reject him as soon as I got the chance, I decided to myself conclusively.

The sound of opening keys and gates disrupted my wallowing thoughts. The masked men from yesterday came and dragged me out of the cell roughly.

Sunlight filled my vision as I was pulled out because the cell was dark and claustrophobic.

I wondered where I was being taken to, however, I didn’t struggle with them as I didn’t want to let them know I was feeling much stronger.

I complied, letting them drag me from one hallway to another till we got to the gate that led to the hall filled with lights and unrecognizable machines with twirling sounds, the hall I met my mate the other day.

Suddenly, I caught his smell, it was a strange smell so I couldn’t put a name on it.

I didn’t bother to turn because he stood before me, closer to me than the day before. The petit-looking woman with light gold hair from yesterday was standing behind him, seems she was always with him.

Were they married? Lovers? Couples? Because humans cannot have mates too, but would the goddess be crazy enough to give me a mate whose heart belonged to someone else? Not that I cared by the way.

He called the huge men to remove the chains from me, but one of them answered him saying, “Mr. Bill says under no circumstance should we unchain him, Sir”

“I have to do my job and I cannot do it with him chained like a wanted criminal. He has harmed no one so far I’m aware, so unchain him this instant!” he demanded authoritatively but his stance and expression didn’t alter at all, they stayed even but I felt the heat of his growing anger from where I sat.

The bulky man hesitantly obeyed and unlocked the chains from my wrists and ankles. Then my human mate demanded that everyone should leave the room and he would call for them when he needed them. The man standing close to me like a guard furrowed his brow in confusion but complied as he motioned the other men to follow him out as well.

“Leyna, you as well. I need to speak with him privately. I’ll call for you before starting the process, please” he spoke to the woman with a calmer expression, but she frowned deeply glancing from me to him repeatedly before speaking out

“Even me? I’m sorry but I cannot leave you here alone with this thing. It’s not safe, Doc” she argued adamantly, seeming worried and provoked at the same time.

She called him ‘Doc’, what does that imply? Was he someone who takes care of sick people? And she was like his disciple? Their relationship felt strange, he obviously wasn’t in a special relationship with her but she looked worried like they were actually in a special relationship.

“We’ll talk about this Leyna, just trust me and wait outside the door. I’ll be fine.” He responded to her patiently like he was trying to pacify her. She gawked at me for some seconds before sighing out of resignation at stalked out of the room slowly.

Finally, she got out and closed the door behind her so I was left with only my human mate, or should I say he was left with me. I felt so much indignation towards him but it would never occur to me to harm him like the human female was worried about.

He breathed a sigh of relief as she closed the door and turned to fully face me.

“Hi, I’m Doctor Mackenzie White. What’s your name” he introduced himself briefly and asked my name in a cheerful matter that made me feel uncomfortable.

He didn’t stop smiling even though I was hesitating, I gazed at his features, his light brown hair rested sleekly on his head while his turquoise blue eyes glowed endearingly.

The nervousness he was trying to hide since the others were here was beginning to show as he whipped his sweaty palms on the white coat he put on, then nudged the round white immaculate glasses resting on the bridge of his nose. They gave him a more unapproachable look.

I wonder why he wears them anyway. Was he nervous that I would kill him? Or was it just his natural trait?

“Hello? You haven’t told me your name.” he uttered moving some steps closer to me. Cort groaned at the closer proximity and I was forced to answer his repeated question.

“Heller. Alpha Heller Sagehorn” I let out calmly, feeling the heat of his closeness and at the same time fighting the urge to take him right here and now.

The thought was too absurd but I couldn’t stop myself from wanting to hold an enemy, a male and someone who was about to harm me even though he didn’t seem like it.

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MACKENZIE

I woke up from a restless night, thinking of a way to understand what was really happening to me and why my feelings were so complicated and difficult for me to assimilate.

The thought that I was going to see him again today filled me with mixed feelings, I think I should start by getting to know him on a basic level first, then maybe, just maybe, he’ll understand and give me some explanation of why I was feeling that way.

I met a stern-faced Leyna when I came out of the room, she greeted me with a mumble before we went to meet the man-wolf in our new laboratory.

As I entered the lab and saw him sitting on one of the high stooled beds, his hands and legs held in chains, I felt a whole new rush of sensation.

I would never be able to do the job I came here for if I don’t find the cause or reason for the state I was in and with the way he reacted the other day, I could say he would have an explanation of what is going on because he felt the way I felt as well.

But then, I couldn’t get the answers I needed from him while he was chained and restrained that way. Mr. Bill said he was dangerous and harmful but I don’t believe a word of it. How could this grey-flowing-haired guy ever think of hurting a person?

So I ordered the guards to loosen his chains and they tried to put up resistance but did anyway, and I ordered all of them to leave the room, including Leyna. As expected she stubbornly and adamantly refused, I understand her worry but, I don’t feel like I’m in danger with this man-wolf.

She left sluggishly after I convinced her to trust me that I would be fine and call on her if I needed help or anything.

After she left, it was just me and the alpha in the big lab room. I took some steps closer to him feeling involuntarily drawn to him without even thinking about it. I gave myself a mental shake, I had to be alert and control myself, even though I was beginning to feel nervous, not because I was scared but I wanted to be much closer to him than I was right now.

“Hi, I’m doctor Mackenzie White, what is your name?” I asked softly not to come off as pushy then adding some bits of cheerfulness in my voice. He didn’t answer immediately but rather gave me a cold gaze with his deep eyes that held so many words, words I really wanted to hear.

After waiting patiently for few minutes, I pressed reminding him that he hasn’t told me his name.

“Heller, Alpha Heller Sagehorn” he replied in a voice so calm it sent a shiver down my spine. He squared his shoulders, braced up, rested his strong muscly hands on his laps.

An Alpha is a divine leader of a werewolf pack, they were the strongest among other wolves and held the decision-making power of the whole pack. How did he get here? Was that the “compromise” Mr. Bill was talking about.

The way he was chained made it obvious that he was forced to come here.

Among my deliberations the night before, I resolved never to force him to release his DNA, that I was going to ask him to do it willingly but first, I have to get to know him much better. I wanted basic knowledge of him but seeing him now like this, with his blood-stained, torn and shabby looking white royal robe, I wanted to know much more, much much more, and I couldn’t even explain the reason for such keen interest growing in me for a stranger.

“Can I see your wolf?” I asked carefully.

“Why I’m I here?” he asked in a calm but serious voice, completely ignoring my questions.

“You’re here because I need something from you that I can only get from you.” I blurted out sincerely and swallowed hard.

He inhaled in a way that seemed like he was trying to contain an outburst. Then he got on his feet and approached me steadily, his fists clenched and his veins popping out from his hands, his eyes glowing more intense than what I’ve seen so far; they were shades darker than the normal, his jaw tightened.

He was just an inch away from me and I could feel the mind numbing heat emanating from him, I held my breath as he faced the ceiling and let out a deep loud growl “MINE!” and before I knew it, his fingers suddenly transformed to long sharp claws, I could hear the sound of bones cracking and snapping.

I took a step back in fear, then another and in a twinkling of an eye, a huge fluffy dark silver grey wolf with glowing eyes stood before me.

I was stupefied by the sight, but I wasn’t frightened, just amazed at the possibility of seeing a man shift into a wolf in seconds.

I’ve always imagined this moment, but none of my imaginations could beat the actual realization.

In that instant, the wolf caught me unaware by jumping on my body. I fell hard on the cold floor while he smelt my face, making my glasses fall off my eyes and he licked any face with his long tongue, I couldn’t help but chuckle so much, the wolf was obviously happier and more trusting than the man.

While I lay on the floor chuckling with the newfound pet, the door to the laboratory burst open and the men started screaming thinking the wolf was hurting me, before I could get up to tell them I was okay and there was nothing wrong, they shot a wolfsbane bullet into the back of the wolf. He growled with so much pain and slumped hard with a thud.

There was a commotion in the laboratory, everyone was screaming and running around checking me if I was hurt but I couldn’t even hear a thing, I just looked at the wolf as light diminished from his eyes.

My heart shattered into many pieces, I tried to rush to his side but many hands were holding me back.

He glanced at me with a pained look in his eyes, I don’t know why but it felt like I understood his pain, I felt it, he looked betrayed.

He whimpered weakly as his body went completely still.